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john boehner, come on. adam: won't you come home, john boehner, won't you come home. >> these guys are off in their districts, hawaii, sipping my ties with melissa francis. adam: she is in south florida. >> let's get back to work. adam: check this out. this is the world's longest high-speed rail line which stretches 1400 miles in china. takes passengers from beijing, to, i can't say that name. thank you. me and pronounciations. i can barely get shapiro right. before the train existed the travel time was twrept hours between the two cities. now it only takes eight hours. will we ever see something like this in the united states? julie, do we need it? is it relevant for high-speed rail in the united states? >> for those of us who ride the corridor for every stuck up. adam: faster sometimes to go on the regular train. >> i love this. apparently if we had the high-speed rail, new york to d.c., god knows why you want to go to d.c. under hour which i love. americans love their cars. adam: bingo. >> china doesn't
john boehner, come on. adam: won't you come home, john boehner, won't you come home. >> these guys are off in their districts, hawaii, sipping my ties with melissa francis. adam: she is in south florida. >> let's get back to work. adam: check this out. this is the world's longest high-speed rail line which stretches 1400 miles in china. takes passengers from beijing, to, i can't say that name. thank you. me and pronounciations. i can barely get shapiro right. before the train...
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we have speaker boehner and he said now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will use it to hold the president accountable for the balanced approach he promised. there at least two big fights ahead. the debt ceiling and the two-month delay. you heard senator lindsay graham saying they saved their powder. are they expecting a tough fight ahead? >> the fight cannot be over the debt limit. it can be over the resolution to effectively shut down the government. it can be over the sequester. those are powerful incentives to work together, but we can't continue to hold the country's economy and full faith in credit costage in russian roulette. the president really has to stand his ground on this. let's fight over the other things, but not put the economy at risk by threatening the full faith and credit of the u.s. government. that's irresponsible. >> the senator was on "morning joe" and said republicans have to be willing to do whatever it takes in the deficit fight. let's take a look at that. >>
we have speaker boehner and he said now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will use it to hold the president accountable for the balanced approach he promised. there at least two big fights ahead. the debt ceiling and the two-month delay. you heard senator lindsay graham saying they saved their powder. are they expecting a tough fight ahead? >> the fight cannot be over the debt limit. it can be over the resolution to...
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peter king said boehner's actions was like a knife in the back. he now says he is satisfied. >> the bottom line is that we now are receiving what we asked for. as far as i'm concerned, what's done is done. i've always considered john boehner a friend and i said that on the house floor today, which made it all the more painful for me to say what i felt i had to say. i owed it to my constituents and i did feel that new york in a number of cases was being taken advantage of. >> he was just outraged that there was no sandy relief passed in that fiscal cliff issue. the house will vote tomorrow on $9 billion in sandy aid. that's for flood insurance. it will consider another $51 billion in aid later this month. >>> and to hear new jersey governor chris christie tell it, boehner still has some explaining to do. christie had some choice words over his party's leadership over the delay in sandy funding. >> there's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims, the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. new york deser
peter king said boehner's actions was like a knife in the back. he now says he is satisfied. >> the bottom line is that we now are receiving what we asked for. as far as i'm concerned, what's done is done. i've always considered john boehner a friend and i said that on the house floor today, which made it all the more painful for me to say what i felt i had to say. i owed it to my constituents and i did feel that new york in a number of cases was being taken advantage of. >> he was...
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how does speaker boehner move forward as the meeting is breaking up? we have inside scoop from behind those closed doors. and perhaps a strategy, path way forward. we have a live interview with the vice chairman of the budget committee. he will join us on the other side of this break. [ male announcer ] this is sheldo whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. looking live at the house floor gaveled back in session. take vote that don't deal with the fiscal cliff legislation and counting heads semily to see where the votes are. for the different options. one is to amend the senate bill and send it back to the senate. the other one is to do a straight up-or-down vote on the senate bill. joining us now for inside perspective on the g.o.p. conference meeting that just broke up a few minutes ago. bring in the republican congressman scott garrett f
how does speaker boehner move forward as the meeting is breaking up? we have inside scoop from behind those closed doors. and perhaps a strategy, path way forward. we have a live interview with the vice chairman of the budget committee. he will join us on the other side of this break. [ male announcer ] this is sheldo whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can...
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but boehner was at a million. boehner went down 550,000. so it's according to whether you want to count from the top down or the bottom up. both sides gave and i think the other side gave a little more. but governor, when it comes down to the debt ceiling that the chairman just referred to, president gave a warning to republicans. watch this. >> i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills they've already racked up through the laws that they passed. let me repeat. we can't not pay bills that we've already incured. >> sounds like he's pretty strong and stern on that. what dooungs, governor? >> he is and he ought to be. the last time, it was an international disgrace, not just a national disgrace, but an international disgrace. we shouldn't play politics with that. we owe this money. we've got to pay it. we've got o to have the funds to pay it. i think the sequester comes up in two months, probably a week or two before the debt ceiling. we're going to have to have some resolution of the broad
but boehner was at a million. boehner went down 550,000. so it's according to whether you want to count from the top down or the bottom up. both sides gave and i think the other side gave a little more. but governor, when it comes down to the debt ceiling that the chairman just referred to, president gave a warning to republicans. watch this. >> i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills they've already racked up through the laws that...
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eric cantor says he does not support it and john boehner scythed universal concern. >> i will vote against it because this is not the way to do the people's business. >> it passed the senate overwhelming and house democrats want it brought to the house floor. >> we expect the american people deserve an up and down vote on what was passed in the senate. >> what the senate passed will delay cuts for two months, prevent a big tax hike on estates valued legislation that r than $2 million. >> are are we going to avoid the fiscal cliff? >> i hope so. >> but it is unclear if there is enough votes on the house to pass the bill. >> this agreement represents the least weekend have done under the sicks. >> what we're going to do is put another $1 trillion worth of debt on the american people. >> some republicans are pushing for spending cuts to be added to the bill which means the senate would have to vote on that again if the house is able to pass an amended bill in the first place. they have too do this by thursdayed a noon, otherwise the new congress gets sworn in and this startses over again. >>
eric cantor says he does not support it and john boehner scythed universal concern. >> i will vote against it because this is not the way to do the people's business. >> it passed the senate overwhelming and house democrats want it brought to the house floor. >> we expect the american people deserve an up and down vote on what was passed in the senate. >> what the senate passed will delay cuts for two months, prevent a big tax hike on estates valued legislation that r...
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republican congressman peter king says it is all speaker boehner's fault. >> speaker boehner is the one. he walked off the floor. he refused to toll us why. refused to give us any indication or warning whatsoever. i'm saying anyone from new york and new jersey who contributes one penny to the republican congressional campaign committee should have their head examined. i would not give one penny to these people based on what they did to us last night. i would say -- i'm talking about the people in my neighborhood that i see, people are out of homes, people are living in devastated homes, people without jobs, people lost their businesses, their clothing, their life-long possessions. absolutely disgraceful. people in my party, they wonder why they're becoming a minority people. they're writing off new york. their writing off new jersey. they have written me off and they'll have a hard time getting my vote. i can tell you that. >> let's go to governor christie speaking right now. >> -- were damaged or destroyed. nearly 7 million new jerseyians were without power, some for up to 14 days. nea
republican congressman peter king says it is all speaker boehner's fault. >> speaker boehner is the one. he walked off the floor. he refused to toll us why. refused to give us any indication or warning whatsoever. i'm saying anyone from new york and new jersey who contributes one penny to the republican congressional campaign committee should have their head examined. i would not give one penny to these people based on what they did to us last night. i would say -- i'm talking about the...
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i think speaker boehner did well through this. i'm a fan of this and i think he will be re-elected as speak. they are taking out frustrations on him when he manages a difficult process. >> bret: kirsten? >> it's not pro or anti-boehner situation as much as why was it get to this point? why couldn't they have -- why so much pork in it. why so much spending that is meant to go and relieve the problem. >> who controls this -- >> it started in the senate. >> you be i'm saying this is the disflux of washington -- dysfunction of washington. they didn't know this was coming out of the senate? can people talk to each other? >> corruption of the word. idea of emergency. this will happen quickly and because earmarks are harder to get. no one knows that passes in midnight. they have done the right thing to hold it up. >> next up, fiscal cliff deal, bill, soon to be law. and the debt ceiling fight to come. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetab
i think speaker boehner did well through this. i'm a fan of this and i think he will be re-elected as speak. they are taking out frustrations on him when he manages a difficult process. >> bret: kirsten? >> it's not pro or anti-boehner situation as much as why was it get to this point? why couldn't they have -- why so much pork in it. why so much spending that is meant to go and relieve the problem. >> who controls this -- >> it started in the senate. >> you be i'm...
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fiery new york new jersey governor chris christie took one shot after another at house speaker john boehner and the house republicans for their quote toxic internal politics. for the victims to say if you jersey new york that isn't sixty six days in that we can see. there's only one to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims the house majority and their speaker john boehner. you know what he's right even though history has panned the federal government's reaction to the deadly hurricane katrina of two thousand and five then president george w. bush signed the first relief bill a mere four days after the storm made landfall compare that with the sixty six days since hurricane sandy hit the eastern shore seaboard initial estimates of hurricane sandy say that at least fifty to sixty billion dollars of damage was inflicted across the northeast in the tri state area after a meeting between the tri state area congress member congress members and the house leadership member said that the house will vote on a nine billion dollars flood insurance on friday and the whole bill on j
fiery new york new jersey governor chris christie took one shot after another at house speaker john boehner and the house republicans for their quote toxic internal politics. for the victims to say if you jersey new york that isn't sixty six days in that we can see. there's only one to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims the house majority and their speaker john boehner. you know what he's right even though history has panned the federal government's reaction to the...
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boehner's juice is gone. he didn't necessarily have the votes to get another spending bill through his own house. and so he basically ended up lying and deceiving house republicans that he would bring this to the floor. and then he didn't. which is why the outrage and why he's now been forced to put it into two parts, bring to it the floor on friday in part the flood insurance part and then the rest of it won't happen until the middle of the month. >> use the word lying that's a pretty serious word. let me bring kristen in. disaster relief new jersey, new york, connecticut is concerned. it's a hot political issue. why. >> because even for folks who believe that the government is doing too many things that ought to be left to individuals and the private-sector when it comes to things like taking care of people who have been hit by a disaster, taking care of people in emergency situations, that's something that i think everybody ought to be able to agree on. so that's really what's causing a lot of questions ab
boehner's juice is gone. he didn't necessarily have the votes to get another spending bill through his own house. and so he basically ended up lying and deceiving house republicans that he would bring this to the floor. and then he didn't. which is why the outrage and why he's now been forced to put it into two parts, bring to it the floor on friday in part the flood insurance part and then the rest of it won't happen until the middle of the month. >> use the word lying that's a pretty...
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boehner tomorrow? >> yes. >> absolutely. i will vote for speaker boehner. i wanted a moment to look in the eyes and shake hands with the speaker and erick kanter. both of them shook my hand and gave me their word this vote will go forward as planned. and that they will be there for us. i want to emphasize the one thing that has been getting lost here. i have had discussions with speaker boehner for almost nine weeks now about the sandy disaster and the people in need. i never questioned where his heart was. he wants to help the people of new york and new jersey. delay the vote. i do not support it at all. i do not think it was the right call. i do not think he does not want to help. it was because of the timing issue. it was never because he does not want to help new york or new jersey. i want to make that clear. that was never in question. i disagree with the vote. i think we all did. we have to do the very next best thing, which is not waste any more time. we have that commitment. i stayed behind to make sure i personally got it. that is good enough for m
boehner tomorrow? >> yes. >> absolutely. i will vote for speaker boehner. i wanted a moment to look in the eyes and shake hands with the speaker and erick kanter. both of them shook my hand and gave me their word this vote will go forward as planned. and that they will be there for us. i want to emphasize the one thing that has been getting lost here. i have had discussions with speaker boehner for almost nine weeks now about the sandy disaster and the people in need. i never...
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harry reid said back to boehner. what are you talking about. boehner repeated verbatim, go f yourself. this is indication of the poison atmosphere up here. when the sequestration runs out next few months and congress must vote to increase the debt ceiling. it appears speaker boehner is fwirding for a fight on both fronts in a statement that he issued last night. he said in part, quote, now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will use it in 2013 to hold the president accountable for the quote, balanced approach he promised. meaning significant spending cuts and reforms to entitlement programs that are driving our country deeper and deeper into debt. the president last night indicate he is open to come promy to spending cuts but drew a line when it comes to the debt ceiling. here's the president. >> now, one last point i want to make. while i will negotiate over many things, i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they hav
harry reid said back to boehner. what are you talking about. boehner repeated verbatim, go f yourself. this is indication of the poison atmosphere up here. when the sequestration runs out next few months and congress must vote to increase the debt ceiling. it appears speaker boehner is fwirding for a fight on both fronts in a statement that he issued last night. he said in part, quote, now the focus turns to spending. the american people reelected a republican majority in the house and we will...
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people like boehner and paul ryan voting another. you wouldn't say disarray, but they're sort of reinventing themselves. >> and last 45 seconds, hillary, i know she's in the hospital, we're all pulling for her, but there's the talk of 2016. is it just us talking. >> i hate to bring up 2016, but the truth is these things start right away. you know, she can walk into that democratic primary it looks like now, and probably win it, so once her health gets better, she has some major, major decisions to make. everyone will be watching. >> and we will all be reading your work. happy new year's, so i'll say it today. >> happy new year's, ashe. aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print, and have it picked up for free. any time of year. ♪ nice sweater. thank you. ♪ stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your b
people like boehner and paul ryan voting another. you wouldn't say disarray, but they're sort of reinventing themselves. >> and last 45 seconds, hillary, i know she's in the hospital, we're all pulling for her, but there's the talk of 2016. is it just us talking. >> i hate to bring up 2016, but the truth is these things start right away. you know, she can walk into that democratic primary it looks like now, and probably win it, so once her health gets better, she has some major,...
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boehner from the speaker's chair as well? >> well, martin, i always like to save some breaking news for you when i come on. >> i'm grateful to you for that. >> i have huge breaking news tonight. there are serious rumors that at the conference tonight at 5:00 john boehner will announce that he's resigning as speaker of the house. there are multiple senior sources that i have talked to tonight that have said that this is going to happen. >> ron, i wouldn't wish to question your sanity, but i find that very hard to believe. >> i know. listen, i find it hard to believe. i was put at a one in four chance today we'd be able to kick him out today. there are a serious group of members thinking about it. >> do they have someone as an alternative in mind. >> eric cantor is probably the one. >> is this a coup? >> i don't have any evidence. >> you have to put evidence forward. you put forth a rumor. sub shans -- substantiate it. >> -- the first business of order tomorrow. and why it should be -- by the way, it should be a $9 billion bill
boehner from the speaker's chair as well? >> well, martin, i always like to save some breaking news for you when i come on. >> i'm grateful to you for that. >> i have huge breaking news tonight. there are serious rumors that at the conference tonight at 5:00 john boehner will announce that he's resigning as speaker of the house. there are multiple senior sources that i have talked to tonight that have said that this is going to happen. >> ron, i wouldn't wish to question...
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he said after the meeting he had with the speaker, john boehner, boehner promised this vote beginning on friday, then in the middle of the month gave him an olive branch. peter king, who had been very critical earlier in the day, all of a sudden he seemed to be reassured. do you think that reassurance is justified? >> i'm not entirely sure. i do think -- look, i know john boehner has been preoccupied. we all know that. but it seems to me there's a great -- miss of if nothing else a real moment to come out a little bit like a hero. it's just tone deaf. whatever the practicalities are, that this involving hurricane sandy would get pushed aside. i mean, you know, look at the martens. i mean, the family you just had on. they lost their house. there are so many people here in new york still without power. you know, it's still an ongoing problem, and it's been maybe it's not at the forefront anymore, but it seems to me that there are just -- even the optics of it would be perceived by most people. so that's what to me seems most surprising here. >> all right. everybody stay put. don't go an
he said after the meeting he had with the speaker, john boehner, boehner promised this vote beginning on friday, then in the middle of the month gave him an olive branch. peter king, who had been very critical earlier in the day, all of a sudden he seemed to be reassured. do you think that reassurance is justified? >> i'm not entirely sure. i do think -- look, i know john boehner has been preoccupied. we all know that. but it seems to me there's a great -- miss of if nothing else a real...
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>>reporter: it depends on what speaker boehner himself supports. if boehner comes to the conference and says i think this is a bad deal, they will vote against it. and he probably will not bring it to the floor. if the not puts out a deal with mcconnell's pleasing that speaker boehner sees as too reasonable to town -- turn down and he says to the members do you not have to vote but i will, he will get a good majority of his leadership team which is more than 120 people, with committee assignments not finalized until after the vote for speaker and he will get enough support if he supports the bill. what he has been saying if it is not something that can be supported by enough republicans he will not bring it to the floor. >>trace: thank you, a.b., happy new year, a.b. >> we expect more details of the fiscal cliff negotiations throughout the day and well keep you posted if we get anymore word from the white house or capitol hill during "studio b" and of course we will have complete coverage as the story develops through the evening right here on fox
>>reporter: it depends on what speaker boehner himself supports. if boehner comes to the conference and says i think this is a bad deal, they will vote against it. and he probably will not bring it to the floor. if the not puts out a deal with mcconnell's pleasing that speaker boehner sees as too reasonable to town -- turn down and he says to the members do you not have to vote but i will, he will get a good majority of his leadership team which is more than 120 people, with committee...
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>>gregg: could this impact boehner's chances of holding on to the speakership tomorrow? >>reporter: there is that vote tomorrow. it is not likely but not impossible. he will have to get a clear majority of all of those who do vote. it is not just the republicans. it is the entire house. clearly he will neat the vast majority of g.o.p. votes. new york republican who you saw in the interim may abstain altogether and another new york republican, peter kings says republicans will have to work hard to get his vote on anything right now. while both the boehner and can for camps are shooting down talks of a divide, many are speculate there is trouble in the house of representatives g.o.p. leadership ranks. that vote could tell us something tomorrow. >>gregg: thank you, shannon. congress did reach a deal to keep our nation from plummeting off the so-called fiscal cliff so we are safe for now. at least sort of. last night, the house aeveryone proofed the not bill which presents major tax cuts from expiring on income below $400,000 for individuals and $450 for couples and delays t
>>gregg: could this impact boehner's chances of holding on to the speakership tomorrow? >>reporter: there is that vote tomorrow. it is not likely but not impossible. he will have to get a clear majority of all of those who do vote. it is not just the republicans. it is the entire house. clearly he will neat the vast majority of g.o.p. votes. new york republican who you saw in the interim may abstain altogether and another new york republican, peter kings says republicans will have...
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. >> mason: northeast republicans blast their own party from speaker boehner on down for failing to pass a sandy relief package. elaine quijano is covering. over the cliff and back. nancy cordes and wyatt andrews on the new year's night budget deal and how a tax break for racetracks got in it. obesity is a health risk. but researchers now say being a little overweight could reduce your risk of dying. dr. jon lapook with a surprising new report. and she was one of the most popular sickers ever. remembering patti page. ♪ i was dancing with my darling to the tennessee waltz ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley>> mason: good evening, scott's off tonight. the sigh of relief that came when the house passed the fiscal cliff deal was soon drowned out by a roar of anger. governors chris christie of new jersey and andrew cuomo of new york along with senators and house members from those states blasted house speaker john boehner today for putting off a vote on aid for victims of superstorm sandy. we have three reports on all this tonight. fir
. >> mason: northeast republicans blast their own party from speaker boehner on down for failing to pass a sandy relief package. elaine quijano is covering. over the cliff and back. nancy cordes and wyatt andrews on the new year's night budget deal and how a tax break for racetracks got in it. obesity is a health risk. but researchers now say being a little overweight could reduce your risk of dying. dr. jon lapook with a surprising new report. and she was one of the most popular sickers...
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i'm with them. >> reporter: boehner says he pulled the bill because of scheduling problems, but some members of congress questioned how the $60 billion aid package would be spent. new york congressman peter king, a republican, would have none of it. >> congressional republicans never have any trouble finding new york city or new york when it comes to raising money. well, you know, this is a two- way street, and if they're not going to help us, why should we even think of helping them? >> reporter: this afternoon, congressional leaders announced they would vote friday on funding for flood insurance, but a vote on the bulk of the aid has been pushed to january 15. new york governor andrew cuomo: >> well, go ask any family if the delay bothers them. yes. the length of time is already too long, and the federal assistance can make a major difference. >> reporter: speaker boehner met with g.o.p. lawmakers from new york and new jersey late this afternoon. afterwards, congressman peter king called it a "positive meeting," and, anthony, he said he now believes that the region's storm victims
i'm with them. >> reporter: boehner says he pulled the bill because of scheduling problems, but some members of congress questioned how the $60 billion aid package would be spent. new york congressman peter king, a republican, would have none of it. >> congressional republicans never have any trouble finding new york city or new york when it comes to raising money. well, you know, this is a two- way street, and if they're not going to help us, why should we even think of helping...
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john boehner cancelled that vote. darrell issa said the speaker had no choice because of what new york lawmakers did. >> your two senators packed this with pork, had the opportunity to have a 27 to 30 billion-dollar legitimate relief package, packed it with pork and then dared us not to vote on it. >> republicans including new jersey governor chris christie and new york com peter king denied that pork accusation. but the debate is pretty much mood now. because since a new congress begins tomorrow. members will have to write a new bill from scratch delaying aid to all those still struggling to recover. this morning lawmakers from new york and new jersey blasted leaders for allowing that to happen. >> it is the most disgraceful action i have seen in this house in the 20 years i have been here. >> this is not about people in congress. this is about constituents whose lives were ruined. we need to do the right thing and we need to do it now. >> this afternoon, members of the new york and new jersey congressional delegates
john boehner cancelled that vote. darrell issa said the speaker had no choice because of what new york lawmakers did. >> your two senators packed this with pork, had the opportunity to have a 27 to 30 billion-dollar legitimate relief package, packed it with pork and then dared us not to vote on it. >> republicans including new jersey governor chris christie and new york com peter king denied that pork accusation. but the debate is pretty much mood now. because since a new congress...
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about the state of affairs in his garden state he took one shot after another at house speaker john boehner and house republicans for their quote toxic internal politics. for the victims of sandy in new jersey new york and connecticut it's been sixty six days and the wait considers. there's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims the house majority and their speaker john boehner. and you know what he's right when hurricane katrina completely leveled parts of louisiana and other locations around the gulf back in two thousand and five then president george w. bush signed the first relief bill in a mere four days after that her and that storm made landfall meanwhile it's been sixty six days since hurricane sandy hit the eastern shore board and funding has yet to be approved now initial estimates of hurricane sandy say that at least fifty to sixty billion dollars in damages was inflicted across the northeast but those estimates could be on the low end when all things are said and done after a meeting between the tri state area congress members and house lea
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he tried to call john boehner that night. john boehner was not returning phone calls. pressure moves the house to change. about $9 billion of the bill will be voted on tomorrow. that needs two-thirds of the house. they think they will get it. then they will be a bigger package later. john boehner had to back down amid the pressure. host: for a total price tag of $60 billion ta? guest: yes. down the road, tax reform, immigration, gun control. i am not sure what the gun- control be in the house. john boehner has told his troops that if we did have a conversation about this out to the connecticut shootings. these are difficult votes. -- after the connecticut shootings. these are difficult votes. to have ad dto have conversation about this after the connecticut shootings. these are difficult votes. we have a new president pro tem in the wake of senator inouye's death. one of the things i was expected to come up was filibuster reform. harry reid very frustrated with what he calls republican obstructionism. the decision was postponed until later this month. there's probably
he tried to call john boehner that night. john boehner was not returning phone calls. pressure moves the house to change. about $9 billion of the bill will be voted on tomorrow. that needs two-thirds of the house. they think they will get it. then they will be a bigger package later. john boehner had to back down amid the pressure. host: for a total price tag of $60 billion ta? guest: yes. down the road, tax reform, immigration, gun control. i am not sure what the gun- control be in the house....
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speaker john boehner will be the first to face a major test. we're watching that as we get rolling here. good morning, welcome to "america's newsroom." i'm bill hemmer, here in the new year. >> i'm heather chilled ders. where is martha? bill: she will be here next week. >> i'm filling in for martha. that comes for a rocky start from the speak. bill: do l delayed vote for victims of soup storm sandy punted to the next congress. that affected lawmakers in the affected area. >> to leave new york, new jersey, thousand of people in this area this holiday season on their own and abandoned was wrung and disgraceful in a lot of ways. to say to a region hirt by a natural disaster and now you have to rebuild yourself and you have to fund the reconstruction, actually adds insult to injury. bill: the critic say, the bill, they're sympathetic to the victims but the aid needs to be paid for. there is other criticism. mike emanuel live on the hill. good morning to you. first on john boehner's leadership. is the in question as a speaker or not? >> reporter: bi
speaker john boehner will be the first to face a major test. we're watching that as we get rolling here. good morning, welcome to "america's newsroom." i'm bill hemmer, here in the new year. >> i'm heather chilled ders. where is martha? bill: she will be here next week. >> i'm filling in for martha. that comes for a rocky start from the speak. bill: do l delayed vote for victims of soup storm sandy punted to the next congress. that affected lawmakers in the affected area....
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in particular, new jersey governor chris christie hammered boehner, he called the house speaker four times tuesday night after being informed the bill had been pulled. during a 40-minute news conference wednesday, governor christie called boehner's decision "disappointing and disgusting to watch" and condemned the gop's "toxic internal politics." in our hour of desperate need, we have left waiting for help six times longer than the victims of katrina with no end in sight. americans are tired of the palace intrigue and political partisanship of this congress, which places one upmanship ahead of the lives of citizens who set these people to washington, d.c. in the first place. those in new jersey and new york are tired of being treated like second-class citizens. 66 days and counting. shame on you. shame on congress. >> house republicans are also taking criticism for failing to reach other as the landmark violence against women act. a version passed by the senate last year extended domestic violence protections to 30 million undocumented immigrants, lgbt people, and native american wom
in particular, new jersey governor chris christie hammered boehner, he called the house speaker four times tuesday night after being informed the bill had been pulled. during a 40-minute news conference wednesday, governor christie called boehner's decision "disappointing and disgusting to watch" and condemned the gop's "toxic internal politics." in our hour of desperate need, we have left waiting for help six times longer than the victims of katrina with no end in sight....
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this time, house speaker john boehner is hinting he won't bring house members back to town until the senate comes up with a passable plan. as president obama leaves his tropical retreat in hawaii for a wintry washington, tension on capitol hill is on high. >> i don't see how you could hammer out any kind of a grand bargain or large plan involving tax reform and entitlement changes in a matter of days. >> reporter: serious doubt is setting in. even starbucks is getting involved, writing "come together" on its cups. speaker john boehner says he's sitting this round out after failing to get enough house republicans to support his own plan just before christmas. >> i think that boehner is being controlled, unfortunately, by the right wing. >> reporter: that leaves it up to majority leader harry reid and the rest of the senate to find a passable solution. aides say reid's plan would avoid tax increases for people making less than $250,000, eliminate some big spending cuts and restore unemployment benefits. >> i think you're likely to see a two-step process here, one sort of dealing with t
this time, house speaker john boehner is hinting he won't bring house members back to town until the senate comes up with a passable plan. as president obama leaves his tropical retreat in hawaii for a wintry washington, tension on capitol hill is on high. >> i don't see how you could hammer out any kind of a grand bargain or large plan involving tax reform and entitlement changes in a matter of days. >> reporter: serious doubt is setting in. even starbucks is getting involved,...
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boehner did mess up. i think think should have told the public, you know what, this thing is filled with all kinds of stuff, we're going to take it off and get these people help. stuart: a lot of our viewers of scrapping the sandy package because of the pork that's in it. here's what you are saying on our facebook page. here's from alan, first of all: >> then karen agrees with that. she chimes in with this: >> interesting. perhaps bill's thoughts sum up how a lot of the country feels about this. he says: stuart: actually i do care. i'm not west of ohio. i live in new jersey. i do care when i see hour taxpayer money being spent like this. we have a trillion dollars deficit we can't afford this. liz: this is a landmark pork-barrel. stuart: it is. liz: it is a pork storm. this is an area of the country that was responsible for 15 to 20 percent of the country's gdp. so it's important to get it back up and running. charles: that's the only thing i'm saying is they have to figure out a way, boehner, the republi
boehner did mess up. i think think should have told the public, you know what, this thing is filled with all kinds of stuff, we're going to take it off and get these people help. stuart: a lot of our viewers of scrapping the sandy package because of the pork that's in it. here's what you are saying on our facebook page. here's from alan, first of all: >> then karen agrees with that. she chimes in with this: >> interesting. perhaps bill's thoughts sum up how a lot of the country...
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john boehner is a friend. i give him credit. >> you came out of the meeting and not only say he's a friend, you'll vote for his reelection as speaker of the house. i want to go back to your words, "john boehner has a dismissive and cavalier attitude towards people in new york and new jersey." how can you vote for a speaker who has a dismissive and cavalier attitude to the people in your district? >> what's done is done. decision had to be made, john boehner made the right decision. john boehner agreed to put it all on the calendar, the vote will be held. i wish it had been done the other night, yesterday morning, the fact is it is going to be done by january 15th, and if we're going to carry grudges the rest of our lives, we'll never get anything done. >> take me inside the meeting yesterday. john boehner is known to be a guy not to mince his words. did he call you out for publicly calling him out on wednesday? >> not really, he made a joking obscene gesture, then said i love you. then went into the meeting. v
john boehner is a friend. i give him credit. >> you came out of the meeting and not only say he's a friend, you'll vote for his reelection as speaker of the house. i want to go back to your words, "john boehner has a dismissive and cavalier attitude towards people in new york and new jersey." how can you vote for a speaker who has a dismissive and cavalier attitude to the people in your district? >> what's done is done. decision had to be made, john boehner made the right...
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i askedon boehner if there would be a vote. he said let me ask cantor and said it was 99% certain and decide what would happen. after the vote, the speaker left and we found out from an aide the bill was pulled. >> here's what you said wednesday. you said speaker boehner had a quote dismissive and cavalier attitude towards new york and new jersey. you went further, republicans have no trouble finding new york when it comes to raising money. i would say to any from new york or new jersey who contributes one penny to congressional republicans after this should have their head examined. do you stand by those comments? >> i stand by what i said at the time. it was shock therapy. >> did you mean it? >> at the time, absolutely. if we did not get this aid, this could be disastrous for the people in new york. this isn't a special gimmick we were looking for. this is life and death. i have people in my district living in their cars and dilapidated homes. john agreed to put everything on the calendar and it will be voted on. john boehner
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all we're asking is that speaker boehner hold a vote on that bill. i don't know why he's afraid to even hoet a vote. hold a vote. that is allowing the process to work, allow democrats and republicans in the house to dash. gregg: he said they already voted on a plan to extend all the tax cuts. >> but they had a vote in the senate on that plan and they voted it down, and then on a bipartisan basis they passed another bill. gregg: 0 out of time. thanks for taking a few moments to be with us. it's good to be with you. chris van hollen. patti ann: former president george h.w. bush remains in inch teps i have care at a houston hospital where he's being treated for a persistent cough, and a fever and a cough. we are being told by his camp that his condition is not dire. mike to be inch is live in houston. what kind of update do you have for us? >> reporter: we are in a position to say right now that no news is good news. spokes people for the former president have indicated that they will be pretty judicious with information, partly out of concern that this
all we're asking is that speaker boehner hold a vote on that bill. i don't know why he's afraid to even hoet a vote. hold a vote. that is allowing the process to work, allow democrats and republicans in the house to dash. gregg: he said they already voted on a plan to extend all the tax cuts. >> but they had a vote in the senate on that plan and they voted it down, and then on a bipartisan basis they passed another bill. gregg: 0 out of time. thanks for taking a few moments to be with us....
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boehner did. mr. ryan and mr. mccarthy did, as did nearly every member of congress from the new jersey and new york regents. new jersey and the other states that were hit by sandy are some of the biggest donor states, that is they send a lot of taxes to the federal government. now we need our colleagues to step up to the plate. as everyone knows, sandy caused significant damage. in north jersey, my district, first responders had to evacuate entire towns when the river rose. the police department will soon be housing trailers. let them come to new jersey. let them come to connecticut. let them come to long island and staten island and pennsylvania and maryland. let them come and see. there was a house that was decimated by the high water. look, we are unfortunately dealing with a schizophrenic leadership on the other side. let's call it for what it is and not mince words. stay in local finances. we have been working with members of the house ways and means committee to draft a legislation model of tax relief. mr. s
boehner did. mr. ryan and mr. mccarthy did, as did nearly every member of congress from the new jersey and new york regents. new jersey and the other states that were hit by sandy are some of the biggest donor states, that is they send a lot of taxes to the federal government. now we need our colleagues to step up to the plate. as everyone knows, sandy caused significant damage. in north jersey, my district, first responders had to evacuate entire towns when the river rose. the police...
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he'd had conversation with speaker boehner but the first time both parties have gotten together. they're saying he should have done it sooner. the white house response is the stumbling block is republicans have opposed any tax increase. >> so for the sake of argument, say the meeting goes well. what's the best case scenario? >> best case is a slimmed down piece of legislation, smaller than the $4 trillion the president and speaker have been talking about. if you remember one week ago today, before he left for hawaii, the president came into the white house briefing room in the evening and basically said this is what the plan should be. >> the next few days i've asked leaders of congress to work towards a package that prevents tax hikes on middle corral americans, unemployment insurance for 2 million americans and lays the ground work for further work on growth and deficit reduction. that's an achievable goal. >> you can see three points, the president wants to protect the middle class tax cuts, forget about extending tax cuts for higher incomes but adds 2 million people about to
he'd had conversation with speaker boehner but the first time both parties have gotten together. they're saying he should have done it sooner. the white house response is the stumbling block is republicans have opposed any tax increase. >> so for the sake of argument, say the meeting goes well. what's the best case scenario? >> best case is a slimmed down piece of legislation, smaller than the $4 trillion the president and speaker have been talking about. if you remember one week...
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that tells you that if speaker boehner and leader cannottor put it on the floor and can muster enough votes, 40 or 50 which doesn't look great for them, that democrats will provide the rest of the power to get it to 217. >> woodruff: but it sounds like from the speaker has been saying he doesn't want to do that. he doesn't want to see the bill pass with a minority of republican votes. is that correct? >> he has said that in the past. and one thing that we will see during the remainder of this night and probably into tomorrow is whether that calculus sticks or whether he ultimately decides to put the bill on the floor and pass it with nancy pelosi's votes. that may be his only way out of at this point. he does have another option. which is to do nothing or vote the bill down and let the 113th congress fight this out. democrats are already walking around the hill judy, making it clear that the entire deal is off. of course, constitutionally the bill has to be rewritten after thursday. afternoon on thursday. but the deal is off. the tax rates will be different. everything will be differe
that tells you that if speaker boehner and leader cannottor put it on the floor and can muster enough votes, 40 or 50 which doesn't look great for them, that democrats will provide the rest of the power to get it to 217. >> woodruff: but it sounds like from the speaker has been saying he doesn't want to do that. he doesn't want to see the bill pass with a minority of republican votes. is that correct? >> he has said that in the past. and one thing that we will see during the...
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. >> underscoring that urgency, house speaker john boehner says the house will meet in a rare sunday session. >> reporter: it may already be too late. days before the fiscal cliff, and with the house of representatives out of town until sunday, senate majority leader harry reid admitted a deal seems unlikely. >> i have to be very honest, mr. president, i don't know time wise how it can happen now. >> reporter: in a scathing attack, reid called house speaker john boehner a dictator, and blamed him for letting members stay home with no deal in sight. >> we are here in washington, working. while the members of the house of representatives are out watching movies and watching their kids play soccer and basketball. john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership. >> reporter: the republican leader responded saying it's democrats who failed to lead. >> make no mistake, the only reason the democrats have been trying to deflect attention onto me and my colleagues is that they don't have a plan of their own. >> reporter: president obama returned to washington for a last-minute p
. >> underscoring that urgency, house speaker john boehner says the house will meet in a rare sunday session. >> reporter: it may already be too late. days before the fiscal cliff, and with the house of representatives out of town until sunday, senate majority leader harry reid admitted a deal seems unlikely. >> i have to be very honest, mr. president, i don't know time wise how it can happen now. >> reporter: in a scathing attack, reid called house speaker john boehner...
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yet, people are blaming john boehner. we're going to talk with michelle malkin about this in a couple of minutes because it's got a lot of people's blood boiling. >> alisyn: in the meantime, in a few short hours, the 113th congress will get to work. it will vote on whether house speaker john boehner will remain in charge of the republicans. this comes hours after president obama made the fiscal cliff deal official, signing it while on vacation in hawaii. ed henry is live at the white house with more. it's big day there, ed. >> good morning. you're right. you mentioned john boehner facing this vote as speaker today as the new congress convenes. one of the reasons why he's facing any possible trouble at all is concern on the conservative side about the fact that this deal that was negotiated laterally by the president and senator mcconnell, but john boehner was involved in the early stages of this, ended up having $620 billion in tax increases and only $15 billion in spending cuts. one way john boehner is pushing back on al
yet, people are blaming john boehner. we're going to talk with michelle malkin about this in a couple of minutes because it's got a lot of people's blood boiling. >> alisyn: in the meantime, in a few short hours, the 113th congress will get to work. it will vote on whether house speaker john boehner will remain in charge of the republicans. this comes hours after president obama made the fiscal cliff deal official, signing it while on vacation in hawaii. ed henry is live at the white...
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the speaker, speaker boehner promised a vote on january 15th. melissa: do you think not having pork in it is appropriate or having it cut down is appropriate? where do you stand? >> legislators in the affected areas put forward detailed claims well over $80 billion. the package before us will be 9 billion tomorrow. and on january 15th there will be two votes. one for 27 billion, a bill brought forward by chairman rogers. and then one for 33 billion brought forward by congressman free land housing from new jersey. both from new jersey. this will be directed to the needs of the area devastated by the second worst storm in the history of our country. melissa: i hope some of the money gets to people. i think that is what people are concerned about here. >> that is the fema money that they will be replenishing will go directly to the people. sba money grows to loan for small businesses. certainly the repair of the infrastructure, including sueage plants and rail systems. melissa: you mentioned that. yeah. congresswoman, thanks so much for coming on.
the speaker, speaker boehner promised a vote on january 15th. melissa: do you think not having pork in it is appropriate or having it cut down is appropriate? where do you stand? >> legislators in the affected areas put forward detailed claims well over $80 billion. the package before us will be 9 billion tomorrow. and on january 15th there will be two votes. one for 27 billion, a bill brought forward by chairman rogers. and then one for 33 billion brought forward by congressman free land...
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things by john boehner but he could have been right. democrats gave up a lot and they're going to be prime with giving up tax increases, the one thing they responded to about spending cuts for year so get ready for a lot of talk about spending cuts. >> anything to negotiate? >> i think spending cuts, reasonable democrats realize there have to be spending cuts. this is a new day, serious economic crisis. for 20 years we talked about for 20 years the republican party stood in the way of any meaningful tax increases and i think this was a big win for president obama and i do think the democrats acted responsibly. >> was it nice to wake up to this morning? >> the good thing also was that it was a compromise and the republicans were not, we didn't make the republicans, you know, pay for the entire election. >> let's leave with a smile on our face. thanks so much for being with us. you're all right yourself. >> thank you. >>> victor blackwell with "cnn newsroom" continues. >> good morning, happening in "the newsroom" dodging the fiscal cliff
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. >> has boehner released a statement? we know he's meeting with fellow republicans. has he said anything publicly about it? is he surprised this is coming about today? >> we haven't gotten anything like that, but we have heard from one of his aids that they intend it to make this the first priority. that's the message they put out right now. i would expect that we're going to get more material from them as the day wears on. i have a feeling they want to meet with members outraged over this, talk to them, and then see if they have a statement after that. that's just my guess. i think that we will learn a lot more about what happened and hopefully why they didn't take the vote last night. >> thank you so much. the president is weighing in on this. the superstorm sandy relief bill controversy. he said when tragedy strikes, americans come together it to sppt those in need. i urge republicans in the house of representatives to do the same, bring this important request to a vote today and pass it without delay for our fellow am
. >> has boehner released a statement? we know he's meeting with fellow republicans. has he said anything publicly about it? is he surprised this is coming about today? >> we haven't gotten anything like that, but we have heard from one of his aids that they intend it to make this the first priority. that's the message they put out right now. i would expect that we're going to get more material from them as the day wears on. i have a feeling they want to meet with members outraged...
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this has happened time and time again where speaker boehner either through proxies or himself tries to get the deals with thed administration or with democrats and has a hard time getting his house conservative republicans to go for it. >> woodruff: todd, you've been watching this house, and you were watching the senate last night. at this point, should people be focusing on this small group of the most conservative members of the house? where is the leverage? where is the power among house republicans right now? >> well, there is a great deal of leverage with the... with that small group of conservatives that you describe. there's a lot of criticism around washington that a group that is relatively small in number has outsized influence. they point to grover in order quist. he's one guy. why does the at a party caucus who are vocal but still relatively small amongst 535 members why do they have so much influence? that's maybe a question for another day. keep that in the back of your mind. for tonight, it's really going to be the whip count on this spending cut amendment. do republican
this has happened time and time again where speaker boehner either through proxies or himself tries to get the deals with thed administration or with democrats and has a hard time getting his house conservative republicans to go for it. >> woodruff: todd, you've been watching this house, and you were watching the senate last night. at this point, should people be focusing on this small group of the most conservative members of the house? where is the leverage? where is the power among...
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that means that john boehner and eric cantor turnroundnd rely on house democratic leader nancy pelosi for the remaining 150, 160 votes. they'd be counting on the demate karates to push that bill home. >> woodruff: todd, why after a majority of republicans in the senate voted for this last night or early this morning, why are house republicans having such a hard time with it? >> well, we we just have to keep remembering that the house and the senate are very, very very different bodies. that's always true. but in this environment even the republican conferences of both bodies are ju radically different. this isn't the first time we've seen the dynamic. there were lots of republicans and lots of democrats in the senate who were saying yesterd yesterday, boy, 9 votes, a resounding bipartisan vote for this deal. this should be plenty of cover for house republicans to go ahead and pass this thing. well, anyone who thought that was really forgetting, for instance, the payroll tax holiday debate of february when the senate got 89 bipartisan votes for that deal only to have it unravel before
that means that john boehner and eric cantor turnroundnd rely on house democratic leader nancy pelosi for the remaining 150, 160 votes. they'd be counting on the demate karates to push that bill home. >> woodruff: todd, why after a majority of republicans in the senate voted for this last night or early this morning, why are house republicans having such a hard time with it? >> well, we we just have to keep remembering that the house and the senate are very, very very different...
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was defering speaker boehner to give the republican side. after hearing senator reid yesterday, senator mcconnell fired back. take a listen. >> we're coming up against a hard deadline here and i said, this is a conversation we should had months ago. and republicans aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: now senator mcconnell also said he was disappointed because when he got a call from the president two nights ago right before the president left hawaii to come back here to the white house, senator mcconnell says that was the first time he heard from any democrat, president, senator reid, nancy pelosi, anybody in about a month in terms of talking about the fiscal cliff. so everyone has sort of delayed really facing all of th up against the deadline now, jon. jon: that seems clear. ed henry at the white house there. ed, thank you. stay on it for us. for more on this let's bring in the editor of "campaigns & elections" magazine, shane de
was defering speaker boehner to give the republican side. after hearing senator reid yesterday, senator mcconnell fired back. take a listen. >> we're coming up against a hard deadline here and i said, this is a conversation we should had months ago. and republicans aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: now senator mcconnell also said he was disappointed because when he got a...
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obama 54% support compared to 26% for house speaker john boehner. >>> 5:02. a looming dock worker strike threatens to hurt the economy, as well. longshoremen are locked in negotiations with shipping companies over royalties paid to workers for each ton of cargo they move. a shutdown would impact 15 ports along the east coast and the gulf and officials estimate it will cost $1 billion a day. >>> 5:03. let's check traffic and weather. we had a break yesterday but i guess rain is coming back. >> it's all gone. >> hello. >> it didn't last very long. we got rain heading towards the bay area and you can see that low. it's right there. so it hasn't quite hit the bay area yet. but by later on this afternoon, that's when we're going to see light showers and it's going to quickly spread all across the bay area, continuing to tomorrow morning. so it's on approach right now and you can see those showers. bring an umbrella if you are heading outside at all today. so again you won't need it for this morning. the only thing we're talking about are all these cold temperature
obama 54% support compared to 26% for house speaker john boehner. >>> 5:02. a looming dock worker strike threatens to hurt the economy, as well. longshoremen are locked in negotiations with shipping companies over royalties paid to workers for each ton of cargo they move. a shutdown would impact 15 ports along the east coast and the gulf and officials estimate it will cost $1 billion a day. >>> 5:03. let's check traffic and weather. we had a break yesterday but i guess rain is...
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said boehner, why did byner -- they were so close, only a couple hundred billion apart, why did boehner walk away? wasn't there an insistence that you do two years for the debt ceiling that they didn't waiver on? >> yeah, there are a couple of elements that boehner didn't like in what the president was proposing. one was the semipermanent or multiyear debt ceiling deal, which he thought gave up too much control from congress. and then the other one was, they didn't think that all the spending cuts that the president was proposing were, in fact, real. they thought that the president was proposing savings from spending on interest that you wouldn't have to make if you brought down the deficit a little bit. they thought that shouldn't count under the limit, and that was a couple hundred billion dollars there. >> but the two-year thing was probably a nonstarter because, you know, we're going to talk to john cannis in a second because i sort of thought all along that if we went over the cliff it was good for the president, because he gets tax rates back to where he wants them, without negoti
said boehner, why did byner -- they were so close, only a couple hundred billion apart, why did boehner walk away? wasn't there an insistence that you do two years for the debt ceiling that they didn't waiver on? >> yeah, there are a couple of elements that boehner didn't like in what the president was proposing. one was the semipermanent or multiyear debt ceiling deal, which he thought gave up too much control from congress. and then the other one was, they didn't think that all the...